Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

He said, “Take with you 30 men from here. Lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the well before he dies.” · 11Then Ebed-Melek took the men with him. He went to a room in the palace. It was under the place where the treasures were stored. He got some old rags and worn-out clothes from there.

November 6, 2024 - He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand” (Psalm 40:1–2). The “mud and mire” of David’s “slimy pit” probably refer to the conditions at the bottom of a cistern. Some in Scripture have had to deal with literal mud and mire: Jeremiah was captured and thrown into a muddy cistern, and “he sank down into the mud” (Jeremiah 38:6).

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, {saying}, "Take {with you} these thirty men and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the pit {before} he dies." 11 So Ebed-melech took the men {with him} and went [to] the palace of the king, ...

Jeremiah 38:6-12 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud. But Ebed-M... Read verse in New International Version

Then a court official named Ebed-melech told the king: ‘The princes have thrown Jeremiah into a well! If we leave him there, he will die.’ The king commanded Ebed-melech to take 30 men with him and pull Jeremiah out of the well.

Jeremiah 38:6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.... Read verse in New International Version

June 5, 2011 - However Ebed-Melech – one of the officials, the major goodie in the chapter, along with Jeremiah himself, has refused to joined with the corrupt officials and instead petitions the king – literally intercedes on behalf of Jeremiah – and ...

ESV - 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, "Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.

August 17, 2025 - Yet Ebed-melech, a court official, ... Jeremiah, casting him into the cistern. He will die…” Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Cushite to take three men along with him, and draw the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern ...

July 8, 2025 - Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, Ebed-Melech went out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, saying: “My lord the king, these men have ...

September 23, 2012 Have you ever been in the pit? Oh yes, I’ve had colds where I could...

May 3, 2022 - The message to Zedekiah was that if he would trust the Lord and obey, he would live and no one would tyrannize him, but if he didn’t trust the Lord and obey even the harem would tyrannize him, and then the king would be as helpless as Jeremiah ...

3 weeks ago - The intent seemed to be to kill Jeremiah by starvation, while allowing the officials to claim to be innocent of his blood. Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian, rescued Jeremiah by pulling him out of the cistern, ...

Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud. 7Now Ebed-melech the Ethiopian (Cushite), one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern, and while the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin, 8Ebed-melech went out of the king’s palace and spoke to the king, saying, 9“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have thrown into the cistern; and he will die [of hunger] where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malkijah the king’s son that was in the courtyard of the palace guard. They lowered him down with ropes. There wasn’t any water in the cistern, only mud.

August 6, 2024 - In Jeremiah 38-40, officials imprison Jeremiah in a muddy cistern for demoralizing the people with prophecies of doom, but he is rescued by Ebed-melech. Jeremiah continues to deliver God’s stern message of inevitable conquest by Babylon, and parallel themes of divine justice and mercy are ...

Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. 7But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, while he was in the king’s palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern.

authority and went into the king’s palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. 12 Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes”; and Jeremiah did so.